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The gods at will can shape a gladder strain, and from the lamentations at the graveside, a song of triumph may arise.
Aeschylus
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Strain
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Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hopes of reward after death.
Albert Einstein
Would
Poor
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The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man sees in it, on the contrary, the potent Law of Laws.
Walt Whitman
Every
Law
Contrary
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The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.”
Theodore Roosevelt
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I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.
Og Mandino
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Become
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Francis Bacon
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Have respect, more for yourself than the one you latch onto because it is self-respect that restrains you from behaving in ways that put you in bad light.
Richard Mofe-Damijo
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It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and experiment.
Galileo Galilei
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Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint.
Daniel Webster
Exists
Liberty
Proportion
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I'm here today to warn you: I want you to watch out for the adversary. Guard yourself from any spirit of entitlement. Restrain any and all subtle temptation to gain attention or to find ways to promote yourself.
Charles R. Swindoll
Adversary
Attention
Entitlement
Gain
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People think of politicians having true power, but that's less and less true. After all, they are often constrained or being edged into a corner by a whole series of contingencies.
Bernard Arnault
True
Being
Constrained
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I think frugality drives innovation, just like other constraints do. One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is to invent your way out.
Jeff Bezos
Box
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Frugality
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It is the failing of youth not to be able to restrain its own violence.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Able
Failing
Own
Restrain
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It is always a strain when people are being killed. I don't think anybody has held this job who hasn't felt personally responsible for those being killed.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Always
Anybody
Being
Felt
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War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will.
George Washington
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St. Jerome
Also
Doing
Enough
Evil
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There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.
Ronald Reagan
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Erect
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But sometimes I've felt a little constrained by that idea of who I'm meant to be.
Emma Watson
Constrained
Felt
Idea
Little
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I wasn't straining at the bit to become a movie star any more than I had plotted to get out of vaudeville and into Broadway musicals.
Ethel Merman
Any
Become
Bit
Broadway
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It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too much. I can see myself doing it. In England, one feels all the social restraints holding one back. But here, anything can happen.
W. H. Auden
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The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.
John Locke
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There's a new reality born every minute. Unless one is a believer in predestination (in which case I'll call the prestidigitator), or other puppet-like restraints on our powers, one is free to imagine and effect changes on the world. And if enough people do it, there are big changes. These things happen. Anything can
Neil Peart
Realty
Minutes
Believer
Predestination
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To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature.
Adam Smith
Affections
Benevolent
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Exercise
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The real and effectual discipline which is exercised over a workman is that of his customers. It is the fear of losing their employment which restrains his frauds and corrects his negligence.
Adam Smith
Corrects
Customers
Discipline
Effectual
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I like restraint, if it doesn't go too far.
Mae West
I
Like
Restraint
If
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Where love is the compelling power, there is no sense of strain or conflict or bondage in doing what is right: the man or woman who is compelled by Jesus’ love and empowered by His Spirit does the will of God from the heart.
F. F. Bruce
Jesus
Power
Sense
Conflict
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Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained
William Blake
Desire
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With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.
Benjamin Lincoln
Fearful
Strain
Night
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The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.
Chanakya
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When you don’t get as much attention, reinventing and evolving can be a strain but one most to stay relevant. Getting there isn’t as hard as staying there
Waje
Attention
Reinventing
Evolving
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The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self. And the arbitrariness of the constraint serves only to obtain precision of execution.
Igor Stravinsky
Constraint
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More
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Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections as leaves are to the life of a tree. If they are wholly restrained, love will die at the roots.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Affections
Another
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I write the way you might arrange flowers. Not every try works, but each one launches another. Every constraint, even dullness, frees up a new design.
Richard Powers
Another
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The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint.
Marianne Moore
Always
Deepest
Feeling
Itself
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But what if I fail of my purpose here? It is but to keep the nerves at strain, to dry one's eyes and laugh at a fall, and baffled, get up and begin again
Robert Browning
Again
Baffled
Begin
Dry
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Religion which lays so many restraints upon us, is a troublesome companion to those who will lay no restraints upon themselves.
Laurence Sterne
Companion
Lay
Lays
Many
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But the human tongue is a beast that few can master. It strains constantly to break out of its cage, and if it is not tamed, it will tun wild and cause you grief.
Robert Greene
Cage
Human
Beast
Master
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Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself.
Henry Adams
Absolute liberty
Responsibility
Free individual
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There is nothing wrong with describing Conservatism as protecting the Constitution, protecting all things that limit government. Government is the enemy of liberty. Government should be very restrained.
Ron Paul
AllThings
Conservatism
Constitution
Describing
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Peace can be promoted by the limitation of arms and by the creation of the instrumentality for peaceful settlement of controversies. But it will become a reality only through self-restraint and active effort in friendliness and helpfulness.
Herbert Hoover
Peace
Promoted
Limitation
Creation
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The Church is the only restraining force against evil! We stand against evil in the Name of Jesus
Sinach
The church
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Evil
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It is my hope that our students will continue to be restrained and sober, concentrating more on what they can contribute to the development of their country. They have a rare opportunity which they should utilize to the fullest.
Yakubu Gowon
My hope
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Sober
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The scientific imagination always restrains itself within the limits of probability.
Thomas Henry Huxley
Scientific imagination
Restrains itself
Limits
Probability
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Through talk, we tamed kings, restrained tyrants, averted revolution
Tony Benn
Through talk
Tamed kings
Restrained tyrants
Averted revolution
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We understand the current situation might not be favorable to everyone in our great state of Kano, as such we have come up with a plan to reduce the financial strain that might come with the lockdown.
Abdullahi Umar Ganduje
We understand
Current situation
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Everyone
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Who imprisoned me here? Who keeps me here? Who can release me? Who's controlling and constraining my life except me?
Alan Moore
Who imprisoned
Me here
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Release
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Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.
Alexis de Tocqueville
Democracy
Socialism
Common
One word
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But it ain't easy, trying to do without God even if you know he ain't there, trying to do without him is a strain
Alice Walker
Easy
To do
Without God
Strain
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The challenges to educating our girls remain daunting, ranging from financial constraints to social and cultural injustices.
Rebecca Akufo-Addo
The challenges
Educating
Our girls
Remain daunting
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Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.
Anton Chekhov
Silly things
Foolishness
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